Factor Mobility

The ease with which the means of production (that is, land, labor, capital and sometimes entrepreneurship) can be moved to another location or put to a different use. For example, capital has factor mobility if one may easily sell one security and purchase another, or move money to another bank or town. A country or region with greater factor mobility may experience greater economic success.

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My more recent research has explored how factor mobility across locations influences the welfare gains from trade in goods.

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The structural correction of accumulated macroeconomic imbalances requires a predictable institutional and tax framework, the sustained reduction of the public debt levels, and the pursuance of structural reforms fostering investment, innovation and factor mobility.

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The increase in factor mobility and improved communication systems make tax bases more mobile and make tax avoidance less costly.

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Absent factor mobility, fiscal transfers across countries could also ease the adjustment to temporary shocks without recourse to exchange-rate changes.